What Might Have Been...

Jen alerted me to an interesting essay in Time that wonders how the current presidential election would be different if the Democratic nominee was Howard Dean rather than John Kerry:

Were Dean the nominee, the Bush campaign would probably be going after him not as a flip-flopper but as a lefty. Lefty isn't exactly a term of endearment. But at least it evokes issues rather than character. Character debates sank Al Gore and threaten to sink John Kerry now. A debate about issues, on the other hand — especially the biggest issue of all, Iraq — is something Democrats could win.

Oh well.

Comments

[el sid]

you know, howard dean even called himself a fiscal conservative on the tonight show.
*sigh*
i wouldn't hate voting so much this election if i was voting for dean.